June 20 is the United Nations World Refugee Day that this year is marked by the fact that there are currently more than 70.8 million refugees. Nearly a third of the world’s refugees, are fleeing from African countries, such as South Sudan, Somalia, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. According to 2018 UNHCR data, 40 million people are internally displaced and 10 million are considered stateless. The countries with the largest outsflows of refugees are Syria with 5.5 million people, Afghanistan at 2.5 million), and South Sudan with 1.4 million. The countries that have received the most refugees over the past several years are Turkey at 2.8 million, Pakistan that took in 1.6 million, Lebanon at 1 million, Iran has received 978,000, and Ethiopia, 742,700.
— source telesurenglish.net | 22 Jun 2019